Public Interest Career
SNUPLC operates a public interest legal career program to support law students in pursuing careers in public interest law. The Center facilitates networking opportunities with senior legal professionals working in the public interest sector and provides guidance and mentorship for students exploring public interest career paths.
Public Interest Fellowship
The SNU Law Public Interest Fellowship Program supports graduates of domestic law schools to work as lawyers dedicated to public interest. Selected lawyers will be affiliated with the SNU PLC for one year, renewable up to a maximum of two years, and will carry out activities in the public interest field of their choice and be provided with related training opportunities.
From 2020 to 2023, a total of seven public interest fellows received support from the Center and worked as public interest lawyers in the fields of Internet human rights, sexual violence, North Korean defectors, disability rights, protection of platform and artistic workers, and children’s rights.
Qualification
Lawyers with less than 3 years of work experience, wishing to work as full time public interest lawyers
Criteria for selection
– Qualifications and skills suitable for a public interest lawyer and experience in public interest activities
– Demonstration of specific goal, method, prior experience with affiliated organizations regarding field of interest
Form of employment
As a member of SNUPLC, fellows work on litigation or legislative research regarding marginalized groups under the advice and support of the Center
Public Interest TA
We select public interest TAs among law school students and provide them with opportunities to actively participate in legal aid cases and pro bono activities conducted by the Center. In this way, SNUPLC helps participating student shape and develop their public interest career path.
“When you take classes at a law school that mainly consists of one-sided lecture-style classes, you will always have a thirst for practical work.”
“I wholeheartedly believe that the being a public interest TA is an amazing way to not only meet clients and provide legal consultations but also directly write documents and opinions for actual cases.”
